Against so called Islamic State in iraqs second city, mosul. Theyve taken the citys airport, a key Staging Point in the battle to drive militants from the western half of the city. Our correspondent Quentin Sommerville was there as Iraqi Government troops fought their way in. Before the attack came the rockets and artillery. Its day five of the offensive to retake western mosul. Slowly, the forces make their way past a suspected is car bomb, torched en route. These armoured columns are now moving forward to mosul airport. The attack for the airport is under way. All night long, weve heard Coalition Aircraft and iraqi artillery slam this area just to the north of us. The onslaught had cleared this village of is fighters and civilians. Its eerily quiet as the men proceed on foot. A local man tells the Special Forces there were up to 100 is here yesterday. Theyve hidden bombs all over. So the men took to higher ground. And we followed at a safe distance. As the day went on, there was no l
to propel our vehicles, heat our homes light our factories and businesses, it is the pursuit of power. and we need china to cooperate and we need to cooperate with china. people are in the sort of stand off but we can t afford to be. what we are trying to do is change the dynamic between our nations. we are the two largest economies in the world, we are the two largest emitters of greenhouse gas emissions. uk, until quite recently used to post it was a on climate change. yet, recently its own independent adjudicator said actually the uk is missing targets. will you tell the uk to move faster? we won t sit there and tell people things, i think that is the kind of diplomacy that doesn t work. i think that president biden looks forward to having conversations. i know that he will be meeting with the prime minister and i am sure that climate will be a critical component of that conversation. it has to be, if we don t do this,
what about the uk, i know you take a close interest about the king s interest in climate change, but the uk until recently used to boast it was a leader on climate change. and yet recently its own independent adjudicator said now the uk was missing targets. are you disappointed that the uk seems to have softened its eagerness? brute disappointed that the uk seems to have softened its eagerness? we have a challenae have softened its eagerness? we have a challenge globally, have softened its eagerness? we have a challenge globally, including - have softened its eagerness? we have a challenge globally, including in - a challenge globally, including in the united states, to get people to move faster. were doing, president biden is trying everything possible, including the inflation policy that has raised hackles in europe. we are trying to excite the private sector to move faster. idistill trying to excite the private sector to move faster. trying to excite the private sector to move fa